Thursday, July 1,1943. LOCALS Matt Simmons, mail carrier of Lawsonville, was here Monday. *#* * * Noel Dunivant of King and Winston-Salem was here Monday. ••* • • Mrs. Jessie P. Christian, and Misses Marjorie and Ellen Kate Pepper '.vent to Raleigh Wednes day. *** * * J. J. Taylor, Houston Loftis, Reid George, Travis Tuttle and M. L. Mitchell went to Raleigh Monday. ***** Prof. R. M. Green of Walnut Cove was here Monday. ***** Sidney Flinchum was here for I a short while Monday from Pied mont Springs. ***** Jim Lasley was a business vi 3-! itor here Wednesday from Wal nut Cove, Route 1. ***** Early Sands of Walnut Cove was here Wednesday. He recent ly removed from Lawsonville. i I *** * * Pvt. Jessie L. Hooker of Los Angeles, Calif., spent a 7-day furlough with his wife Mrs. Eliz abeth Hooker and also his daugh ter hera. They spent some time with his mother and family near Walnut Cove. He has now re turned to his camp at Los Ange les. ***** r | Worth Fulp of Walnut COVB was carried to the Baptist Hos pital Sunday night for an appen dectomy. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fulp. *** * * - Miss Cleo Ray, nurse of Ran dolph Hospital, Ashboro, is at her home at Lawsonville for a visit. She will also visit Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ray Flinchum here be fore she returns to Ashboro. ***** Mrs. Bessie Joyce of Winston- Salem visited the H. M. Joyces' here this week. ***** Frank Christan, who has bec-n at Puerto Rico on construction work for the past six months, is at his home at Piedmont fo r a visit. Sgt. Ray M. Sisk, stationed at Camp Davis, returned to that camp after spending a 19-day fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Sisk. ***** Paul Taylor of Winston-Salem wns here Wednesday on business. *#* * » Jack Smith of Walnut Cove, formerly of Danbury, was here Wednesday. t •** * * Boley Tuttle was a Walnut Cove visitor here Wednesday. *** * » W. T. Beck was in town awhile Wednesday from Germanton. *** * • Sheriff John Taylor, Dallas C. Kirby and Mrs. William McCan iess attended the funeral of Mrs. C. D. Matthews at Stoneville Sun day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Neal of Mea dows were here a short while on Wednesday. Mr. Neal is a mem ber of the Local Draft Board. ***** Sam Baker and son, Coy, were htrt Wednesday from the Flat shoal section. , ***** Mrs. O. M. Kirby of Meadows, who is now living in Winston-Sa- i lem, underwent an operation Sa*> , ' urday morning at City Memorial Hospital and is getting along as well as could be expected. She has been in ill health for some . time. ***** J. T. Calloway of Tobaccoville made a business visit at the court house Wednesday. ***** Mrs. Sallie F. Pepper of Walnut . Cove was here Wednesday. ***** Ernest Nelson was here Wed-: nesday afternoon from Piedmont, j ***** Jess Nelson was here Wednes ! ! day from Sandy Ridge. ***** Mrs. J. Watt Tuttle of Meadows i was a visitor here a short while i Wednesday afternoon, i I ***** I Jerry Baker of Ellerbe, Rich mond county, and formerly o? Danbury, was here Wednesday. | Episcopal Camp at Vade Mecum Begins The Episcopal church camp and conference center of the Diocese lof North Carolina has begun the annual summer season at Vade Mecum, with the senior boys' camp, directed by Rev. Emmet Gribbin, of Chapel Hill. j HAIL STORM DAMAGES CROPS I Reports have come in that a hail storm which occurred last week at Dodgetown *nd also l above Lawsonville, did consider able damage to crops in those sec tions. j BIRTHDAY DINNER Misses Jean Carol Beck an>l Josephine Pepper were feted on i I their birthdays Monday at a din i ner at the home of Mrs. Doris C. Petree. ONE YOUNG COW FOB SALE JOHN W. PRIDDY, Lawsonville, N. C. Aid to Enemy "Any American who wilfully neglects to pay his taxes on time or to invest every cent he can in War Bonds is surely giv ing aid and comfort to the enemy . . . We have a job to do and we are all called for service to our country. Our dollars are called to service too. Let us all ask ourselves, 'Shall we b* more tender with our dollars than with the lires of our sons?' " Secretary Morgenthau. BACK UP n YOUR BOY hOMM |f*W payroll savla§s mm to jtorn family Umlt fAny excuse yon can five for not lipping your payroll sav ings will pSoase Hitler, Hlro hltoand puppet affqssoliixt. . H3lHOJ.au AHfLHNVa 3HI SOLDIER I am one of the fellows who made the world sj'c for Democ racy. What a cvuny thin.; that was. I fought and I foughL but I had to go. I was called to j class "A"—the next time 1 want to be in Class "B". Be here j when they go and be here when they come back. I remember th« day when I registered. I went up to the desk and the man ii, charge was ourmilkman. He said "What's your name?" I said j"You know my name." "What's I your name?" he barked, so I told him August Childs. He saic'., "Are you an alien?" I said, "No, ; 1 feelfine." He asked me where I jwas born and I said Pittsburg. He said, "When did you first see jthe light of day?" I said, "When !we moved to Philadelphia." He asked me how old I was, so I | told him 23 the first of Septem ber. He said, "The first of Sep- I tember you will be in France and that will be the last of August." j The day I went to camp, I guess they didn't think I'd live I long, the first fellow I saw wrote l on my card "Flying Corps." I j went a little farther and some fellow said, "Look what the wind is blowing in." I said, Wind noth jing, the draft's doing it." On tlv; second morning they put these | clothes on me. What an outfit. As soon as you're in it you can fight anybody. They have two sizes: too small and too large. The pants are so tight I can't sit down; the shoes are so big 1 turned around three times and | they didn't even move. And what a raincoat they gave me. It ■ strained the rain. I passed an of i .ficer all dressed up with a funny belt and all that stuff. He said, "Didn't you notice my uniform ' when you passed?" I said, "Yea, what are you kicking about, look what they gave me." 1 Oh, it was nice—five below one morning they called us out for an underwear inspection. You talk about scenery—red flannels, B. V.' D.'s and all kinds. The union suit I had on would fit Tony Ga lento. The Lieutenant lined us up and told me to stand up. I i . . ! said, "I am, sir, this underwear just makes you think I am sit ting down." He got so mad he MIUIONS Of DOLLARS AND YEARS Of WORK UAtt SUM I worn TO THE STUDY or THE AIR BRAKE TOR COM- U mume RCSEARCK AU THE AIR TRAKT APPARATUS. I£\ , tms AND CONNECTIONS Of A 100-CAR FRfICHT S TRAIN. INCIOUNG THAT Of Tilt LOCOMOTIVf, HAVE KIN COMPRESSED WITHIN A SINCII ROOM Of A jMj[M IN TNI FIRST 12 MONTHS Kao- Of THIS WAR, AMtRICAM vr RAUROADS HANDKD MORI THAN FOUR UMES M 1902. RMT WAS. NEAR CINCINNATI, OHIO. A MR ***■ STRETCH Of RAILROAD TRACK INVOIVINC fCUR RAILS SO SPACED AS TO ACCOMMODATE WW SAUCT. STAND- M AMD SAUTL AND MARROW SAUCL EQUIPMENT. i 4 ... AI lOC lAHOH Of Annie** «AIH»»lt P»i put me out digging a ditch. A | l little while later he passed me and said, "Don't throw the dirt i up here". I said, "Where am I goint to put it?" He said, "Dii; another hole and put it in there." I Three c'avs later we sailed for i Fiance. Marching down the pier 1 had more luck. I had a Serj eant who stuttered and it took him so long to say "halt" that 27 of us marched over-board. They pulled us out and lined us upon the pier and the captain came and said "Fall in." I said, "I have beer in, sir." ' I was on the boat 12 days. Seasick 12 days, nothing goiny clown and everything coming up. Leaning over the railing all the time. In the middle of my best lean the captain rushed up and said, "What company are you in?" I said, "I am all by myself.", Talk about dumb people. I said to one of the fellows, "1 guess we dropped anchor." He replied, "I knew they'd lose it, it's been hanging out ever since we left i New York." Well, we landed in France, and we were immediately sent to the I trenches. After ii nights in ii. trenches, the cannons started to roar and shells started to pass I was shaking with patriotism. 1 '.ried to hide behind the trees but there were not enough trees for the officers. The captain came around and said, "Five o'clock we go over the top." I said, "cap tain, I'd like to have a furlough." He said, "Haven't you any red blood in you?" I said, "Yes, but ( don't want to see it." : I Five o'clock we went over the cop, 10,000 Austrians came at us. The way they looked at me you'd think that 1 was the one who started the war. Our captain yelled, "Fire at will," but 1 didn't know any of their names. I guess the fellow behind me thought I > was Will because he fired his gun at me and shot me in the excite ment. | —Anonymous. i | ■ . 1 ENTERTAIN AT PICNIC ! Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Stokes en tertained the following at a pic nic at the Park Friday afternoon: Mr. and Mrs. Leonard van Nop pen and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ray Flinchum, Mr. and Mrs. John Dellinger. _ I f PUBLISHED THURSDAYS We Do All Kinds Of Job PRINTING At Very Reasonable Prices And Guarantee Quality And Satisfaction HAVE YOUR PRIMING DONE AT HOME SAVE

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